Tug-fastener.



A. E. QUANSTROM.

TUG FASTENER.

APPLIOATION IILBD MAR. 11, 1911.

1,029,888, Patented June 18, 1912.

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ANDREW E. QUANSTROM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TUG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1912.

Application filed March 8, 1911. Serial No. 613,146.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW E. QUANS- TROM, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inT rig-Fasteners, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tug fasteners, and has for itsobject the production of a tug fastener of-improved construction andoperation.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification and which is a perspectiveview of the end of a tug or trace equipped with a fastener embodying myinvention. I

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawingcomprises a wire member formed of a single piece of spring wire bentintotwo separable portions 1 and 2 as shown. The portions 1 and 2 arepermanently connected together at one end by means of the spring wirecoil 3 and at their other end by means of the hook 4 formed on one endof the wire and adapted to engage the other end 5 of the wire as shown.Wire end 5 is provided with an eye 6 which serves as a finger piece forattachment or detachment of the fastener. Each of the portions 1 and 2is provided with loops bent to form hooks 7 which are adapted to embracethe edges of the trace 8 to hold the fastener in position on the traceas shown. Portion 1 is provided with a downwardly extending loop 9 whichforms aprojection adapted to be passed through the usual perforation inthe end of a whifile-tr'ee 10.

In use the tug is first placed over the end of the WhlfflG-t-I'BG in theusual manner and then the fastener is placed in position over the end ofthe tug and whifiie-tree with projection 9 passing through the usualperforation and in the end of the Whittle-tree in which position thefastener may be readily secured by engaging the hook 4 with the wire end5. The fastener and tug may be readily detached by disengaging end 5from hook 4 a manipulation which is facilitated by the presence of eye6.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred construction forcarrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation andmodification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I,therefore, do not wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variationsand modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a member formed of asingle piece of wire bent to form separable portions, each of saidportions being provided with two hooks adapted to embrace the edges of atug and one of said portions being provided with a projection locatedbetween said loops and adapted to be passed through the perforation inthe end of a whifiie-tree, said portions being connected together at oneend by a spring coil, and at the other end by means of a hook on one endof the wire embracing the other end of the wire, substantially asdescribed. v

2. A device of the class described comprising a member formed of asingle piece of spring wire bent to form separable portions, each ofsaid portions being provided with two hooks adapted to embrace the edgesof a tug and one of said portions being provided with a projectionlocated between said loops and adapted to be passed through theperforation in the end of a whifHe-tree, said portions being connectedtogether at one end by a spring coil, at the other end by means of ahook on one end of the wire embracing the other end of the wire, saidother end being provided wit-h an eye adapted to serve as a fingerpiece, sub stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW E. QUANSTROM.

Witnesses:

JOSHUA R. H. Porrs, W. C. SMITH.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

